Self Confidence
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge.” ~Charles Darwin How many people do you know who are absolutely, positively sure of themselves, yet are about as wrong as they could possibly be? Based purely on anecdotal evidence you could come to the conclusion that morons are the most confident in themselves, yet geniuses are often […]
READ MORESuccess Will Destroy You
When I first started performing, I didn't trust the audience. I would finish a routine where I predicted the future, moved objects with my mind, or influenced someone's choices, and people would clap like crazy. It's amazing stuff, and it's no wonder people would applaud! But I didn't believe it. I thought they were bored, […]
READ MOREAsking Permission for Greatness
“Who did Michael Jordan ask to be great?” That’s the question that stopped the conversation. (We were in Chicago, so I figured it would hit home.) I had just wrapped a workshop, and a woman came up to pick my brain. She was listing off reasons why she wasn’t working on her life’s mission, but […]
READ MOREMagic of Success
Magicians are in the business of creating experiences that are absolutely mind blowing. No matter how impossible it seems, however, tricks work by making use of natural principles of nature. If you look at people who are massively successful, it can seem like it happened as if by magic. They started a company and *POOF* they're […]
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